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Condition: Very Good. Signed Copy . Inscribed by author on front endpage.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. worn, some tears and edge wear. The book is in fair condition, with visible signs of wear on the dust jacket, including tears and edge wear. The binding remains strong, though the book carries library markings and inscriptions. Despite these, the pages are clean and the illustrations retain their vibrancy. Jean Winslow, E. H. Shepard, Robert J. Lee, Mircea Vasiliu, Sir John Tenniel, Denver Gillen (illustrator).…

Condition: As New. Signed Copy . Signed/Inscribed by author on front endpage.

Single Issue Magazine. Condition: Good. First Edition. 90 pages. Articles: The Red Plan for S-Day (Soviet Day) when American Communists will perform disrupting tactics in America - with photo of Communist leaders arrested for advocating violent overthrow of the government; I'm a Sucker for Screwballs; Chain Store in the Wilderness - The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) - article with great photos from northern Canada; I Catch Bank Embezzlers; Through Hell and High Brass (part 2 of 5) - The Story of Jimmy Doolittle; Magdealena - California's gift to Broadway - with great color dance photos; Steve Canyon and Me - Milton Caniff writes about his popular comic strip; Beatrice Pearson - color photo with write-up. Fiction: Security; Cry Deep, Cry Stilll; Riviera Renegade; Jack Pot; Passage to Panama (par 1 of 7); The Impudent Rifle (conclusion). Ad include: Bell Telephone; Elgin Watches (with Robert Montgomery); Monarch packaged foods; "Every Girl Should Be Married" movie with Cary Grant; Admiral entertainment units; Gruen Curvex watches; RCA Victor radios; 1949 Ford cars; Chesterfield cigarettes - two-page two-color ad featuring Perry Como, Jo Stafford, Arthur Godfrey and Peggy Lee; Plymouth; Nash Airflyte centerfold ad - very attractive; Bostonians shoe ad; Westinghouse electric sheet/blanket ad - color photo; GM - two-page color ad; Very colorful two-page ad for Calvert Reserve whiskey; Hedy Lamarr is featured in an Auto-Lite ad; Hamm's beer; Pepsodent ad features Jacqueline Crouse; Pennsylvania Railroad; Camel cigarette ad on back cover features bridge walker Adam Tomey. Average wear. Cover holding by one staple. Unmarked. A nice vintage copy. Shepard, Harriett (cover); Brackett, Ward; Hall, Tom; Shellhase, George; Dimitri, Piotr; Peskin, Hy and David; Cunette, Lou; Fleischmann, Glen; Hilbert, Bob; (illustrator).…

Couverture rigide. William Doxey | San Francisco Mai 1895 - avril 1897 | 14 x 20.50 cm | 2 volumes reliés & divers prospectus | Edition originale et série complète de la revue humoristique fin de siècleThe Lark. Le numéro 1 contient bien le célèbre poème absurde de Gelett Burgess intituléThe Purple Cow. Reliures de l'éditeur en pleine toile beige, dos lisses, plats illustrés. Toile frottée présentant quelques manques et incisions sans gravité. On joint 5 prospectus dont l'un est dédicacé par Gelett Burgess, ainsi que la plaquette dépliante intitulée The Purple Cowsignée et monogrammée du même. La revue The Lark(l'alouette) contribua grandement à la renaissancelittéraire des années 1890 dans la région de la baie de San Francisco. Fondée par Gelett Burgess et Bruce Porter, elle eut bien vite des contributeurs littéraires éclectiques qui se surnommèrent "les Jeunes" :Porter Garnett, Carolyn Wells,Willis Polk,Yone Noguchi et d'autres. Des artistes locaux, notamment Ernest Peixotto, Florence Lundborg et Maynard Dixon contribuèrent quant à eux aux illustrations des textes et des couvertures. | [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS] The Lark, complete series, issues 1 to 24 William Doxey | San Francisco May 1895 April 1897 | 14 x 20.5 cm | publisher's cloth & various leaflets First edition and complete series of the humorous end-of-century magazine, The Lark. Issue 1 contains Gelett Burgess' famous, absurd poem entitled «The Purple Cow». Bound in publisher's beige cloth, illustrated boards. Rubbed cloth has some minor cuts and parts missing. There are 5 leaflets, one of which is signed by Gelett Burgess, as well as the folding leaflet entitled The Purple Cow, signed and monogrammed by the same. The Lark magazine greatly contributed to the literary renaissance of the 1890s in the San Francisco Bay Area. Founded by Gelett Burgess and Bruce Porter, the journal quickly attracted eclectic literary contributors who were nicknamed «les Jeunes»: Porter Garnett, Carolyn Wells, Willis Polk, Yone Noguchi amongst others. Local artists, in particularly Ernest Peixotto, Florence Lundborg and Maynard Dixon contributed to the illustrations of the texts and covers. *.…